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Patented May 23,1599.

6. W. EDDY.

BICYCLE BELL.

(Application filed Mar. 27, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

GEORGE w. EDDY, or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, AssICNoE TO THE sCovILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BICYCLE-BELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 625,655, dated May 23, 1899. Application filed March 27, 1899- Serial No. 710,668. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. EDDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bicycle-Bells, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

with the clamp by which it is held in position.

Heretofore such hammers have been made with both rigid and also spring-metal bases or carriers, to which are loosely applied strikers having longitudinal movement thereon, due to centrifugal action in the rotation of such hammers, and a variety of expedients have been adopted for use in connecting the bell with its clamp. I

In the presentinvention in carrying out the first object thereof I employ a hammer base or carrier, preferably of spring metal, and strikers, preferably of wire, pivoted thereto and normally standing substantially upright therefrom when at rest and flying outward horizontally when the hammer is in motion, so as to strike the striking-lug on the gong or bell proper to produce the desired note or sound, and in attaining the second object of my invention I use a spider or bridge which is affixed to the base of the bell and is supplied with a medium, such as a nut, to receive the connector, such as ascrew, for uniting it with the clamp or other holder, all. as I will proceed now more particularly to set forth and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the several views of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a plan view of a bell-base having a known hammer-operating mechanism and supplied with my improved hammer, the strikers being shown upright and in the position of rest. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the parts represented as in operation, the gong and its striking-lu g being shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken subor applied to the bases or carriers.

stantially in the plane of line 3 3, Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the arrow adjacent to said line. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the hammer of Figs. 1, 2, and 3 with the parts at'rest. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the base or carrier of the hammer of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the hammer of Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section of the base of Fig. 5. Fig.8 is a plan View of one form of striker. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of another form of hammer. Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section of the hammer of Fig. 9, and Fig. 11 is a plan view of the striker of Figs. Sand 10. Fig. 12 is a bottom plan view of a bell-base, showingthe modified form of clamp connection; and Fig. 13 is a vertical section of the parts of Fig. 12.

The bell'base a, the segmental toothed operating-leverb, the gear and pinion c, mounted upon the stud cl, the gong e, and strikinglugf may be of usual or approved construction.

The post 9 and clamp h of Fig. 8 are herein shown as constructed in accordance with one of the forms constituting the invention of the Patent No. 617,240, dated January 3, 1899, and granted to the Scovill Manufacturing Company as my assignee; but any otherform of bell clamp or holder may be employed in connection with my present invention, and, as will be presently described, I have shown another form of post. 1

The hammer base or carrier ipreferalloly is made of spring metal and may be supplied with the oifset central portion j and with the hub 70, the latter constructed with the pinion k, with which the gear a meshes. I prefer to give to the outer ends of this carrier an up ward curvature, as in Figs. 3 to 7, or the may be level, as in Figs. 9 and 10, and these ends may be slit to form tongues l, Figs. 1 to 7, or Z, Figs. 9 and 10, which are bent upwardly from the face of the carrier and their ends turned downwardly and preferably in wardly, so as to form loops which constitute bearings or keepers 'for the strikers mand whereby the said strikers are pivoted to the carrier.v These tongues may be integral with There is sui'ficient springiness or resilience exerted by the tongues l and Z alone or by them and the adjacent portions of the carrier from which they project and upon which the strikers rest to effect-a stress upon the strikers that will result in causing the said strikers normally to stand nearly upright, substantially as indicated in Figs. 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, and 10, and thus clear the gong and its striking-lug when the bell is not in usethat is to say, when the hammer is not being rotatedand the loops formed by these tongues may be more or less elongated, as shown, respectively, in Figs. 10, 6, and 7, to permit more or less play of the strikers in the use of the bell.

I prefer to make the strikers of wire, casehardened, and they may be of triangular outline, as at m in Figs. 1 to 8, or circular, as at m in Figs. 9 and 10, the latter having the advantage of constantly changing their contactfacesas the bell is rung, and thus preventing wearing away at any one point.

When the hammer is rotated in order to sound the gong, the centrifugal action will cause the strikers to assume a substantially horizontal position-that is to say, they will be thrown down-so as to come into the path of the striking-lug of the gong and sound the said gong, and as soon as this rotary motion is stopped the hammer comes to rest and its strikers jump up into the upright position shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, and '10, and thus clear thest riking-lug and prevent the ringing of the bell that sometimes occurs by the jolting of the bicycle in running. In the ease of the hammer shownin Figs. 9 and 10 the strikers may slide back within their looped tongues or tilt upward, whichever tendency may be stronger. In other words, by my constructions the strikers are positively, although automatically, removed from possible contact with the gong when at rest.

While I prefer to use spring metal throughout for the carrier or base 1', still it is within my invention to use any kind of carrier which has a spring pivotal connection for the strikers, so that the strikers normally rise upon said carrier when at rest and fall down into the path of the striking-lug which is on the gong when in operation.

The hammer, through its hub 70, is mounted,

as usual, upon a stud or post at, rising from the base, and may be held in position thereon by a spring-washer 0. This post it also receives the gong e in the usual manner.

In Fig. 3 the post 9 is applied to the base, as in the patent referred to, and in Figs. 12 and 13 I show a rather cheaper construction, the same comprising a spider or bridge 19,

having arms extending crosswise of the base and riveted or otherwise applied to the base remotely from the stud or post 77., and an intermediate depending portion which is formed or supplied with a nut '2" or other medium for effectinga connection with the clamp. I have illustrated this form of connection for use with the clamps of the patent referred to, but do not thus limit my invention of a spider or bridge. The spider or bridge may be made of sheet or other metal.

By my constructions great simplicity and resultant economy are obtained and a very efficient bell produced.

What I claim is- 1. A hammer for bicycle-bells, comprising a base or carrier, and strikers having a pivotal spring connection with said carrier and adapted to rise upon such carrier when at rest and to fall down into the path of the striking-lug of the gong when in motion, substantially as described.

2. A ham m er for bicycle-bells and the like, comprising a spring-metal base or carrier, strikers pivotally connected thereto and normally standing up thereon and adapted to be thrown down into the path of the strikinglug of the gong when in operation, substan tially as described.

3. A hammer for bicycle-bells and the like, comprising a base or carrier having tongues which form spring-bearings for the strikers, and strikers pivotally arranged in said bearings and adapted normally to stand up upon said base when at rest and to fall down into the path of the striking-lug of the gong when in operation, substantially as described.

4. A hammer for bicycle-bells and the like, comprising a spring-metal base or carrier having its ends slit and formed with the bent. tongues Z between adjacent portions of said ends, and wire strikers pivotally connected to the base or carrier by means of said bent tongues, substantially as described.

5. A bell, having a base and a spider or bridge having arms extending crosswise of the base and applied to such base and adapted to be connected with the bell-clamping medium, substantially as described.

6. A bell, having a base and a spider or bridge having arms extending crosswise of the base and applied to such base, and a depending portion supplied with a nut to receive the clamp-screw, whereby the bell may be fastened to a bicycle or other object in different relative positions, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of March, A. D. 1899.

GEORGE W. EDDY.

' Witnesses: I

O. M. DE Morr, J. H. PILLING. 

